/*
 * 	<pre>
 *	EasyPeas.
 *  Copyright (C) 2007 S Owen
 *
 *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 *  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 *  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 *  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 *  Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 *  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 *  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 * 
 * Jul 24, 2007
 * ObjectCreatorImpl.java
 * </pre>
 */
package org.easypeas.objectcreation;

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;

/**
 * Creates an Object using reflection and the class name using the default
 * constructor.
 * 
 * @author S Owen
 * 
 */
public class ReflectionObjectCreator implements ObjectCreator {
	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
	private static Logger logger = Logger
			.getLogger(ReflectionObjectCreator.class);

	/**
	 * Creates an instance of the object using the class name.<br>
	 * The mechanism for this is simple
	 * <code>Class.forName(classname).newInstance()</code>
	 * 
	 * @param classname
	 *            the Object class name.
	 * 
	 * @return the new instance of the Object
	 * 
	 * @throws InstantiationException
	 *             the instantiation exception
	 * @throws IllegalAccessException
	 *             the illegal access exception
	 * @throws ClassNotFoundException
	 *             the class not found exception
	 * 
	 * @see org.easypeas.objectcreation.ObjectCreator#create(java.lang.String)
	 */
	public Object create(String classname) throws InstantiationException,
			IllegalAccessException, ClassNotFoundException {
		logger.debug("Creating object for classname " + classname
				+ " using reflection");
		return Class.forName(classname).newInstance();
	}
}
